By Tim Redmond
It’s getting to be a war zone out there, a class war zone – and if the mayor hasn’t noticed it, the signs should have been clear long ago. But let’s take Ed Lee at his word, that he wants the tech companies and their workers to be “part of the solution.”
It’s not going to happen with a few hours of volunteer legal help from Twitter attorneys or a new app to solve homelessness or a Google Housing Hackathon. But it’s the holiday season, and we’re all thinking of others, and I hate war of all kinds. So let’s agree: There are ways that tech folks could be part of the solution. Let me suggest a few.
1. Don’t be part of an eviction.
Notice I said “don’t be part of an eviction.” That means more than “don’t evict a tenant.” It means don’t buy or rent any apartment or house or condo or TIC that was made available to you by a prior eviction. (more after the jump)
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It would be instructive to note that we are spending millions on programs. What is needed therefore , then yes is to build housing. That is what people need .
First build an eviction App that takes all the public record evictions– essentially a no-rent list– which allows you to plug in the address you a re looking at and see if there’s been an eviction. If there is no public record and you find it has had an eviction, you can flag the property in real time and save time for the next person.
Thanks Tim….
This should go out as a memo to all tech workers!